Teacher’s Notes
Type of interaction: pair work, individual
Focus: geography, reading, writing, exam , speaking
Level: pre-intermediate – upper-intermediate
Time: 45 minutes
Preparation: Make a copy of student’s worksheets
for each student, and the poster – Voices of the UK
Procedure
1. Introduce the topic. Write a few words on
the board connected with UK geography,
e.g. Brighton, York, Canterbury, Dundee. Ask the
students to guess what they are (answer: the
names of cities in the UK). If students have
problems, add a few more names to the list,
e.g., Glasgow, Belfast, London.
2. Tell the students you are going to talk about the
geography of the UK. If you have already worked
with the poster, ask students what they remember.
Do Task 1 as a form of revision (you may start by
asking the students to write as much as they can
remember, ask how many words they managed
to write without looking at the poster and then put
up a poster on the board and let the students
write down the rest of the words).
If this is the ﬁrst time you have worked with the
poster, put it up on the board and ask individual
students to come up, read the information and
point out different places on the map. Tell the
students to pay attention, because they will have
to do a task based on this information. When you
have ﬁnished, cover the poster and ask the
students to complete Task 1.
Ask the students to work individually at ﬁrst and
then let them compare their answers in pairs.
ANSWERS:
England

Scotland

Wales

Northern
Ireland

the Thames
Manchester
the Isle of
Wight
Oxford
London
Cambridge

Loch Ness
the Hebrides
Glasgow
Ben Nevis
Edinburgh

Snowdon
Cardiff

Londonderry
Belfast

3. Tell the students they are going to read postcards
from people who are in three of the places from
Task 1. Ask them to do Task 2.
ANSWERS:
A. Snowdon, B. London, C. Loch Ness
4. Ask the students to read the postcard in Task 3
ignoring the gaps. Ask: where is Caroline
spending her holiday (ANSWER: Scotland).
Then, ask the students to choose the correct
word for each gap.
ANSWERS: 1. B
2. A
3. A
4. C
OPTIONAL: If you have enough time or are
working with a strong group, ask the students to
justify their choices and explain why the other
options are wrong.
5. Introduce the next task to the students by saying
they are now going to read descriptions of
different holidays. Ask them to read the
descriptions and say which holiday they would
like to go on and why. Then tell the students to
read the texts again and answer the questions.
ANSWERS: 1. B
2. A
3. C
4. B
6. Gather ideas for the writing task. Ask the students
which of the places from Task 1 they would like to
see and why. Ask them to imagine that they are
going on holiday to the UK – who can help them
choose places to see, who can recommend
a good place. Organise a short discussion. You
can ask the students to work on the ideas in
pairs. Then ask them to write the email (if you
have time during the lesson, if not – set the task
as a homework assignment).